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This course is fully booked.
The registration fee is € 450,00 and includes:
• Scientific sessions
• Coffee breaks and luncheons
• Dinner on 13 October 2016
• Educational materials
• Certificate of attendance
Basic knowledge of MRI imaging is an undeniable skill for all neurologists involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) management. Brain and spinal MRI are required to diagnose MS and to monitor efficacy and safety of all MS drugs. Nevertheless, neurologists willing to understand the disease’s mechanisms and functional consequences of MS cannot miss information coming from advanced MRI techniques, which will be provided during the course. While numerical quantification of white and grey matter structural damage are part of everyday clinical practice when understanding MS impact at the individual level, it is essential to grasppost-processing of imaging, and volumetric estimates. Therefore, participants will benefit from hands-on training at the Neuroimaging and Neuroimmunology Research Unit and they will have the opportunity to challenge themselves with analysis of imaging after processing.
Applications of conventional and unconventional MRI techniques will be comprehensively illustrated during the course by world-renowned MRI experts.
This year the course features a new practical training session on lesion and atrophy quantification in MRI. Attendees will be supplied with a laptop containing software to aid their practical understanding and exploration of quantitative MRI analysis. The software works as an analytical videogame where users submit MRI scans from which they can extract important numerical data concerning lesions, white matter and more.
09.00
Opening and introduction, G. Comi (Italy) and M. Filippi (Italy)
09.15
Real-time survey
19.30
L1: The clinical work up of patients suspected of having MS, L. Kappos (Switzerland)
10.00
L2: The MRI criteria for diagnosing MS, M. Filippi (Italy)
10.30
L3: MRI and differential diagnosis in patients suspected of having MS, A. Falini (Italy)
11.00
Coffee break
11.30
L4 Monitoring treatment response with MRI (from NEDA-3 to NEDA-4), N. De Stefano (Italy)
12.00
L5: Individualised treatment in patients with MS, G. Comi (Italy)
12.30
Revisiting real-time survey
12.45
Lunch
13.45
Case studies on diagnosis/differential diagnosis and treatment decision making, S. Gerevini (Italy) and M.A. Rocca (Italy)
16.15
Guided visit to the Neuroimaging Research Unit and Neuroimmunology Unit
17.00
End of the first day
08.45
Real-time survey
09.00
L6: Advanced imaging techniques: basic principles, E. Pagani (Italy)
09.30
L7: Understanding MS evolution using structural MR techniques, M. Schoonheim (The Netherlands)
10.00
L8: Understanding MS evolution using functional MR techniques, M.A. Rocca (Italy)
10.30
L9: MRI and cognition, P. Preziosa (Italy)
11.00
Coffee break
11.30
L10: Optic nerve MRI, D. Chard (UK)
12.00
L11: Spinal cord MRI, P. Valsasina (Italy)
12.30
L12: Atrophy: from clinical trials to single patient, G. Tedeschi (Italy)
13.00
Revisiting real time survey
13.10
Lunch
14.10
Practical session: training on lesion and atrophy quantification, M.A. Horsfield (UK), E. Pagani (Italy), P. Preziosa, (Italy), M.A. Rocca (Italy)
16.10
Concluding remarks, M. Filippi (Italy)
16.20
End of the live educational course
Salita San Nicola da Tolentino, 1/B
00187 - Rome, Italy
Senior Programme Manager: Alessia Addessi
Phone: +39 06 420 591
Fax: +39 06 420 413 677
info@excemed.org
Medical advisor: Doriana Landi
Doriana.landi@gmail.com